2004 - Dr. Patrick S.L. Wong, Alza Corporation, invented and contributed to inventions of pioneering drug delivery systems for over-the-counter medications2005 - Dr. Sehat Sutardja, Marvell Technology Group Ltd., changed the face of the magnetic disk storage area by pushing the technology envelope for high-speed read channel chips2006 - Randolf Von Oepen, Abbott Vascular, inventions span many different technology areas, such as Delivery Systems, Catheter technology, Drug Eluting Stent technology and Stent designs and materials2007 - Steven T. Kirsch, Propel Software Corporation, acclaimed as the inventor of the Optical Mouse, as a founder of Infoseek, and for many other contributions to the computer and Internet technologies2008 - Craig Hampel, Rambus, Inc., inventor of patents in high speed memory and interface technology2009 - Paul Alivisatos, Ph.D., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, widely recognized for his contributions to the chemical synthesis and characterization of functional semiconducting nanocrystals, AKA quantum dots2010 -Ronald W. Davis, Ph.D., Stanford Genome Technology Center, 29 issued U.S. patents relating to DNA sequencing, detection of particular DNA signatures, DNA fingerprinting2011 - Shuji Nakamura, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, inventor of the first bright blue LED from gallium nitride and the blue laser, and recently developed bright green and white LEDs and the green diode laser, technology revolutionizing the lighting and semiconductor industries; inventor on over 200 patents2012 - Stephen Quake, Stanford University School of Engineering, directly responsible for many new, large scale quantitative approaches in molecular biology and microbial ecology2013-2014 - Dr. Robert (“Bob”) Showen, ShotSpotter, founder and patent holder on its innovative ShotSpotter technology. With over three decades of acoustic and geophysics research experience, it was Dr. Showen’s initial vision of helping police curb gunfire and urban crime that caused him to conceive of ShotSpotter2015 - Doctors Katie Rodan and Kathy Fields, inventors of Proactiv® Solution, hold several patents on absorption masks as well as design patents2016 - Conor Madigan, Ph.D., Kateeva, setting the display industry on a game-changing technology transition, Dr. Madigan is a pioneer in the manufacturing of new inkjet printing equipment solutions that enable the making of flexible and large-scale OLEDs2017 - Lee-Lean Shu, Co-founder, GSI Technology, recognizing the rapid-evolving and unmet need for extremely high performance RAM in critical areas, Mr. Shu spearheaded GSI Technology’s pioneering development and creation of the broadest portfolio of “Very Fast” SRAM products now available in the field